In the shortest time, I have met people from a vast number of nationalities. In the last few weeks, i have met people who orignate or from Lebanon, UAE, Syria, Oman, Pakistan, South Africa & Yemen. Similar circumstances, similar job profiles, similar life stages, similar situations. But varied responses.
Cultural moorings change the way one looks at the world. For a person from the west,Dubai is a place in the mid east, rather, part of the east, still developing. For someone from asia, this is his first step towards the west. Well developed, higher standards of living. Others from the middle east come to Dubai for what they can't get in their countries. Opportunity, partying, quick buck, and even peace. The large populance from lebanon and iran will endorse that. It is their region with some more plus plus.
But, the umbilical cord is very strong. People do not change with move. One can see tinges of racism a few from the west. Many from asia still feel subdued, over powered. In meetings and in life their reactions are subservient.
How people react differently with people with the same background or from the same country. Is there sub set of acceptable behaviour with your own people. And a super set of world behaviour?
The more places people go to and more cultures people assimilate, they find the threads of world behaviour. Some commonalities across the world are respect, tolerance, neutrality
As more people travel across the globe, live across countries, I think a super global behaviour will arise. And hopefully it will take the good things from all cultures and manifest in behaviour that will be the pinnacle of our civilisation.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
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like the slickness of the words- makes for good reading.. well chosen words to point out the subtleties that exist between these varied races.
tho it still makes me wonder if u wanted to go deeper or just scratch the surface...hmm points to ponder wot..
probably the last part of your inference needs a little tautness- toight like they say in the land o the Goldmember( mein fazzerrr)
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